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Securing our FutureMichael Dockery, Alan Duncan, Ha Nguyen, Rachel Ong ViforJ
Western Australia’s population is growing older. The median age of West Australians is set to increase from 36 years today to 40 years by 2050. During that time the proportion of West Australians aged 65 and over is projected to... Read article18 November 2015Focus on WARead More

Care roles and employment decision-makingSiobhan Austen, Therese Jefferson, Gill Lewin, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Rhonda Sharp
This article uses data from a panel of Australian mature-age women to examine the effects of care roles on workers’ intentions to leave their jobs. We focus on how the employment effects of care roles can be shaped by the... Read article1 November 2015Journal ArticlesRead More

Making connections: housing, productivity and economic developmentDuncan Maclennan, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Gavin Wood
This is a scoping study with the immediate aim of reviewing links between housing and productivity. It uses scans of existing literature, assessments of local strategies for planning, and interviews with key practitioners involved in metropolitan and local economic development... Read article31 October 2015Research ReportsRead More

The influence of gender on pathways into the labor marketSandra Buchler, Michael Dockery
Chapter 4: Developments in the education system and the labor market along with legislative changes over the last decades have given rise to expectations of decreasing gender inequality. First, women’s increased educational attainment, relative to that of men, is expected... Read article5 October 2015Books and Book ChaptersRead More

Is headspace making a difference to young people’s lives?Fiona Hilferty, Rebecca Cassells, Kristy Muir, Alan Duncan, Daniel Christensen, Francis Mitrou, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Katherine Hafekost, Yashar Tarverdi, Ha Nguyen, Ilan Katz
headspace aims to improve the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing of young people in Australia through the provision of evidence-based, integrated, youth-centred and holistic services. In January 2013, the Australian Government Department of Health (DoH) commissioned a consortium... Read article2 October 2015Research ReportsRead More

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright?Alan Duncan, Kenneth Leong, Yashar Tarverdi
There is a general sense of unease with the recent slowdown in China’s economic growth. Large businesses and the State’s finances have suffered as a result. But is China the ‘be all and end all’ of the focus on Western... Read article30 September 2015Focus on WARead More

Constitutions and the political agency of womenSiobhan Austen, Astghik Mavisakalyan
The underrepresentation of women in parliaments worldwide warrants attention to discern underlying sources. This study examines one potential source: the countries’ constitutions. Based on a large cross-country dataset from 2011, the study demonstrates that women’s representation in parliament is larger... Read article17 September 2015Journal ArticlesRead More